Emotional intelligence predicts endurance, individual success and social cooperation

Because genuine people learn and create meaning from every interaction, they can handle criticism and challenges. Just as energy flows from warmer to colder matter, more stable (less irritable), people tend to gather wisdom and understanding from every experience. It leads to the ability to engage, relate to others and situations via trust, and find integrated solutions. Thus, the lack of impulsivity, emotional intelligence goes a long way toward individual success and social cooperation. Having no regrets is an open mind that dares to attract help and the humbleness to accept it. These flexible people adapt to opportunities with ease, even in the boardroom or on the trading floor (traders with a positive attitude and trust tend to make more money). Emotional intelligence can predict the finish time of long-distance runners.

In endurance tests, people who can regulate their emotions keep pushing when the going is difficult. For example, long-distance runners can press on toward a good race. A recent paper by Enrico Rubaltelli of the University of Padova explored the links between emotional intelligence and half-marathon performance. Aside from technique and preparation, people with higher marks on this quality ran faster.

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